The Monkees (TV Series)

Monkees on the Line (1967)

Micky Dolenz: Micky

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Quotes 

• Mike : Can I have my hat, please?

  [beckons to someone off screen] 

  Mike : Hat, please!

  [his light blue wool hat is tossed into his hands] 

  Mike : Thank you, babe.

  Micky : Where did you get that?

  Mike : From the wardrobe.

• Davy : [Peter is missing]  Hey, do you think there's been foul play?

  Micky : I don't know, I didn't even see the game.

• Micky : Hey, what happened to that girl?

  Mike : Oh, well, through my clever manipulation of her heartstrings and my... masculinity and my purseasiveness, she...

  Davy : Jumped out the window?

  Mike : No, she promised she wouldn't do anything until tomorrow.

  Peter : Then she jumps out the window?

• Drehdal : Do you say you boys were looking for a job?

  [the Monkees all shake their heads no] 

  Drehdal : Well, why didn't you say so? You, you know how to pick up a telephone?

  Peter : Yes, yes I do.

  [Peter picks up a phone that didn't ring, and holds the phone upside down on his ear] 

  Peter : Hello, hello? This one's broken.

  Drehdal : Boys, I'll make you a deal. You stay here and take care of my phones, I'll pay the regular salary and I'll throw in something extra. What do you say?

  Mike : [All of the boys, speak the same time]  Hold it, hold it. Wait, we can't do this, we're musicians.

  Drehdal : Great. You can listen to the dial tone.

  [She laughs and so does Micky, but then the boys start heading toward the door] 

  Drehdal : Hey, wait a minute. Where ya goin'?

  Mike : Um, well we were going to talk it over.

  Drehdal : Talk, talk. What's to talk about? Don't you realize what you can do here? You can feel the warm heart of this cruel world.

  [the Monkees start to see her as the Statue of Liberty with her wearing a purple dress and a telephone on her torch] 

  Drehdal : The ideas of the very things that happens and you can be part of it. The city will be in your fingers. Come answer the phone.

  Peter : [All of the Monkees are crying]  I don't want to be a murderer.

  [Drehdal looks confused and you stop seeing her as the "Statue of Liberty."] 

  Mike : We'll do it. We'll do it!

  Drehdal : Good! Oh, I forgot to mention. In order to bring this cruelness in the world, don't get involved with the clients. Alright, which one of you will go first?

  Mike : [Al of the Monkees speak at the same time]  Hold it, hold it. We'll just check our fingers.

  [He looks at his] 

  Mike : Ooh-la-la! I guess that means I have the city in my fingertips.

  Peter : How come Mike always wins?

  Micky : He's got six fingers on that hand.

  Davy : Look Mike, maybe we'll check in with you later, ok? Goodbye, Mrs. Drehdal.

  Drehdal : Bye boys.

  [the other Monkees leave] 

  Mike : Well, got to get to work. Ooh, this is going to be fine and look a never ending sea of telephones.

  [Drehdal and Mike talk at the same time] 

  Mike : It's a wonderful place you got here.

  Drehdal : Well, now that you guys are firm, I can go to Jamaica with a free mind.

  Mike : Jamaica?

  Drehdal : That's right, honey.

  Mike : Wait! You have to tell me how to work this thing.

  Drehdal : Well, nothing can be easier. The phone rings ding-a-ling-a-ling. You plug it in the hole. You answer it, you write down the message. When the client calls you give them the message. What can be easier?

  Mike : Going to Jamaica. Well, hold it.

  Drehdal : Yeah?

  Mike : I just noticed this red button on the wall. It's a button and it's on a wall. What's it for?

  Drehdal : Push it if you get tired. Bye-bye, honey!

• Micky : Well, well, what's the beef? Didn't the message get delivered?

  Manny Spink : Sure it did, but somehow or other the 10.000 buck bet was switched from Popcicle to Pelican, and Popcicle won!

  Davy : That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life! Why would anybody want to change a bet like that?

  Peter : [all eyes turn to Peter]  Well... I thought... I didn't know it was a racehorse, I thought it was a booking for a gig and, and I gave it to the Pelicans 'cause I knew they needed the work.

  Micky : [sighs]  You have a good heart, Pete.

  Manny Spink : Yeah, and I may stop it!

• Mike : Okay, fine, I got the number of this answering service out of the phone book, and we'll just call 'em up... I mean, you never know how many new things are gonna open up for you when there's somebody always there to answer your phone. You can get jobs... and millions of things... there's always somebody there, morning, noon, and night... 24 hours a day, they're right there on the job and never fail.

  Micky : ...well?

  Mike : Well, it's... there's no answer.